The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-27
AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION.


An EXAMINER r'u' tabout rounded
V N err Won ld last
week to see what he could see, with
his two optics b ia pee led to the core
] he first wonder that attracted the
scribe's attention was an active buei-
ness-like tie i,ll W standii 1t
window raking i'll me Dust" This
did not iltimidate or parelNzo the
qui'l->wiuger, but he kept tim upper
lip aud bUited right in. Attraction
number one was an Elusive autome tic
tount in opcrat Il by an air pump in
ass tubes. Tie effect was height
ened by being altcrnsted with bub-
bles OF air Maby actu l'y take hold
OF the glass tubes before they can be
lieve their own eyes. Now comes AL
cid fashioned, clumsy walking beam
steam engine of the earliest pattern,
i'll operation. y cory aud cute Nttl
ball room next meets the view, with
two sets of danceIs gracefully tipping
the hight fantastic to the tune Il Il
wee sma piano. The figures, though
demlnutlve, are perfect, while the
music, like that OF a music box, would
tempt II good cd religious foot to
shuttle OF the sly. A Yuulg lady at Il
mirror arranging her toile', next n:
tracted attention, then an 1T mag lclen
performing tricks, a}oug side of Il
magical lower garden, which blo,-
somed and W tlered autOmaticA IL
An acrobat, minstrel troupe, post
of soldiers, Infantry and cavalry, d IL
ing, a colored preacher, al Tom Il d
his cabin, a wood chopper, ladies and
gentlemen promenadlLg on streets
aud beach, all performing their parts
Independently and perfectly, attract
aud held the attention closely. a
modern steam boat, passing draw
bridge, two well equipped railroad .
windmill' pumping wrter, saw min
saving lumber, flour mill, with it's
thleving mil er, and driven b., water,
cotton gin, ships and steamers al sea,
with the natural and lite-l Ike motion
of the waves, all kinds of people. an
imals, fowls and fishes, embracing a.
most every living thing, each in it,,
proper latitude aud leach moving
automaton, performing its specific
Al accustomed duty, could not but
arrest the attention and excite the
wonder of the spectator. All theee
combined little wonders made up the
one great wonder-the foreground to
the real PIC ure aud II feet wide
The perpendicular canvas, IA fee t
nigh, 1874 feet long al d weighing 700
pounds, comprises superbly executed
artistic views, landscapes, etc, from
Arrtc seas to the equator. The au-
rora bOrealis u d a volcano in activ o
eruption are two very striking auto
N tic figures. All the thousand VOL
Il r. we st in mot on by three
horse power steam engine, through
900 tett of shslting, 1000 feet of
betting, AVID Thousands of cog wheo Is
and pulleY-. \ gas machine supplies
TIL lights ami a large battery the cleo
Jicity used IN propeling some of the
ilt IL t. and delicate machinery.
Tbs w luderful little Wonder World
was originally designed and eXecu-
ted by Captain &, Cevor, of Waco,
aid Professor G. NJ. Cumming, OF
Cp-icana. Capt. Cevor was m3E-
Der of All engineering corps in the
Conf dcrate army, for many Years AN
scronaut, having made II asceusions,
the highest being $4,000 feet aud the
most noted aud thrilling the one to
ob,erve the seven DAYS fight at Rich
mond. lie was y years To-
comouve engineer and ma
chluiet aud drove the
first iron horse into Waco Prof
Cumming is q well-knowD Journalist
artist and musician of Corsicans, AID
has immortalized himself in this
masterpiece OF scenic oil painting.
The great wonder of all is how one
pair of brains could conceive and two
pair Of hands execute this stupendous
design, which has something to in
terest, amuse and instruct both sage
and tyro, Al fist and artizaU, people OF
every age and every class. An entire
volume would be required to give a
conception ofthe wonder and nothing
can take the place of personal ohser-
ystion. Located ABOUT five minutes
walk from the public square on South
Third street. OpOn IN to 10 p
NJ. Admission 25 cents, children Is
cents.